A Fresh Start

Few Shortages

For
few linguists, they agree that few non-native English speakers suffer from
linguistic deficit. Hence, this is quite strong accusation by simply putting
those non-native speakers are linguistic deficit. In fact, linguistic deficit
does exist but the unfairness to accuse non-native English speakers suffer
linguistic deficit. In fact, it shows inequality to blow the whistle to the
school system in discouraging students using the standard language. According
to Cambridge Online Dictionary, the “standard language” refers to the same
dialect, grammar, and the pronunciation. This clearly shows that, it is unjust
for everyone to blame the school system.

Literally,
it is also quite arbitrary to say that the non-native English speakers
suffering the linguistic deficit. In possessing fluency of English language it
does take time and it is part of the growth. In the other word is natural of
human growth and normal.

For
some irrational reasons could say that, they who suffer of linguistic deficit
are because of lacking few criteria while speaking in English language. Those
shortage are deficiency in content of the message while speaking, few defects
in fluency, flaws in speaking formal language, and the infirmity of grammatical
and vocabularies while speak in English language.

What
we can observe for the non-native English speaker, by having the presentation
in class. Undeniably for most of the non-native English speaker have problems
with vocabularies and grammar while speaking. There must be few shortages and
flaws while the non-native English speaker, speaks in English. For instance, a
person can speaks English language and deliver bunch of content in a message.
However, he or she probably has problems in speaking English language fluently.
Either the non-native English speaker can speak very fluently, by having too
little content to deliver or the non-native English speaker has the good
English Grammar, but still facing problems with content of delivering the
message clearly.

Yet
still the non-native English speaker is trying as best as they can to reach the
level whereby the Standard English language is being used. After all, blaming
the school system in discouraging students using the Standard English language
while speaking or even writing is highly unacceptable.

As
we can say, all the flaws faced by the non-native English speaker while
speaking English language or writing is influenced from the surrounding of
one’s growth. For example, it is natural for a Germany to frequently pause
while speaking in English. This is due to the fact that, a Germans is being
raised by not speaking in English. In fact, every 20 miles in a region, the
dialect could change. Even in Malaysia, we have hundreds of dialects that
possessing one’s growth.

Moreover, the school system that we have now is highly
encouraging all the teachers to teach students speaking in Standard English
language. This is because the English language has been the international
lingua franca. As the statistics shown in A
Shite History Of Nearly Everything (2005), there are 115 countries using
English Language as official language, and approximately there are 322 to 372
Million of native English Language speakers. Undeniably, few other countries which using
other language as official language such as China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Japan,
and Spain will bite the bullet of having difficulties when it comes to speak
Standard English language.

The school system in this epoch is teaching the very
basic grammar to moderate English grammar, the correct English pronunciation
for few English words that are being used, and the absolute fact that the
school does encourage students to widen their vocabularies as it helps them to
speak English fluently. Those flaws are simply helped by the school system, and
again it is unjust to say the non-native speakers are suffering from linguistic
deficit as they are trying very hard to speak the Standard English language,
and being helped by the school.

On the other way around, even the native English
speakers are sometimes facing the problem in delivering a message with full of
content. So, we cannot say this is the school system’s fault. As for those
non-native English speakers still need to realize and stand firm to cultivate
their English Language in the aspect of grammar and vocabularies, accent and
dialect, message content, and pronunciation. As one of the famous
Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) said “The limits
of my language are the limits of my mind. All I know is what I have words for.”